Malafemmena

by Louisa Ermelino

Book Overview

Louisa Ermelino's stories follow women living dangerously at home and abroad, whether in Italian-American neighborhoods or in the countries--India, Turkey, Afghanistan--where they seek escape. At home, they break ancient Italian taboos and fall victim to mobsters. Overseas, they smoke opium-laced hashish and sleep with strange men. Ermelino's voice is boisterous and endearingly blunt.

"There is lyricism in the language of Ms. Ermelino's splendid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941411290
• ISBN13: 9781941411292
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Sarabande Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.6"